Blessing the hands that feed us
Subtitle: what eating closer to home can teach us about food, community, and our place on earth
By: Vicki Robin
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike press large print health, home & learning; Thorndike Press large print health, home & learning
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 607
ISBN-13: 9781410468376
Subjects: Social conditions; Self-reliant living; Local foods; Community-supported agriculture
Description: Documents the author's efforts to eat food produced within ten miles of her home in Puget Sound, Washington, exposing the cause-and-effect consequences of a processed-foods diet while sharing the stories of the farmers she befriended who epitomized the sustainable lifestyle.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Localize me?; title: Putting my mouth where my mouth is; title: Yes! But how?; title: Week one: Grounded!; title: Week two: Getting the hang of it; title: Week three: The week of my discontent; title: Revelations of the final week; title: Relational eating; title: Bringing our eating closer to home; title: Continued blessing.